The theme song from the movie 'Shaolin'. Beautiful, with surprising lyrical depth.

I nearly cried in this one at the point where, without giving to much away, the main character 1st sought help from the famous Shaolin temple.

Here's the MTV. Full song, lyrics in chinese with hanyu pinyin and meanings below.

悟

wu

Awakening/Enlightenment

无量心 生福报 无极限

wu liang xin sheng fu bao wu ji xian

An unconditional heart brings great blessings with no boundary

无极限 生息息 爱相连

wu ji xian sheng xi xi ai xiang lian

Without boundaries, our fragile lives are all connected through love

为何君视而不见 规矩定方圆

wei he jun shi er bu jian gui ju ding fang yuan

Why do you turn a blind eye and let yourselves be restricted by the status quo?

(规矩定方圆: literal meaning, the law/rule/custom decides what is square and what is round)

悟性 悟觉 悟空 心甘情愿

wu xing wu jue wu kong xin gan qing yuan

Willingly, I finally come to my senses to realize my character and my emptiness

—

放下 颠倒梦想 放下云烟

fang xia dian dao meng xiang fang xia yun yan

Let go of your inverted dreams, let go of the things which will one day fade away

放下 空欲色 放下悬念

fang xia kong yu se fang xia xuan nian

Let go of your leisure, desire, pleasure, and let go of suspense

多一物 却添了 太多危险

duo yi wu que tian le tai duo wei xian

With one more thing in hand, more danger will follow

少一物 贪嗔痴 会少一点

shao yi wu tan chen chi hui shao yi dian

With less things, greed will lessen as well

若是缘 再苦味也是甜

ruo shi yuan zai ku wei ye shi tian

If this is fate, no matter how bitter life can be you are always contented

(something like the saying, when life gives you lemons make lemonade out of it)

若无缘 藏爱 在心田

ruo wu yuan cang ai zai xin tian

Yet if it isn’t, just bury this love in your heart

尘世 藕断还丝连 回首一瞬间

chen shi ou duan hai si lian hui shou yi shun jian

In this live of ours, everything’s interconnected, and it takes only a split second to look back

(藕断丝连: literal meaning, when the lotus root breaks there are still a lot of silk threads connecting the two broken pieces. When you want to get rid of something, in this case it’s your past, it’s not that easy because there are evidences of your life before, just like those “silk threads”)

种颗善因 陪你走好每一天

zhong ke shan yin pei ni zou hao mei yi tian

Let me plant a seed of good will and walk down this road of life together with you

—

唯有 心无挂碍 成就大愿

wei you xin wu gua ai cheng jiu da yuan

Only someone whose heart is not bounded can accomplish great things

唯有 心无故 妙不可言

wei you xin wu gu miao bu ke yan

Only someone whose heart does not have a story is indigenous above all

(because, everyone has a story of their own, it’s very rare for someone to not have a story)

算天算地 算尽了 从前

suan tian suan di suan jin liao cong qian

I’ve considered heaven and earth, and I’ve considered everything from my past

(算: literal meaning, count)

算不出 生死 会在哪一天

suan bu chu sheng si hui zai na yi tian

Yet I still cannot make out the days of life and death

勿生恨 点化虚空的眼

wu sheng hen dian hua xu kong de yan

Do not hate your eyes which deceive you

勿生怨 欢喜 不遥远

wu sheng yuan huan xi bu yao yuan

Do not resent, for happiness is not far away

缠绕 欲望的思念 善恶一瞬间

chan rao yu wang de si nian shan e yi shun jian

As thoughts are built around your desires, it only takes a split second to decide between good and evil

心怀忏悔 陪你走好每一天

xin huai can hui pei ni zou hao mei yi tian

With a heart of repentance, let me walk down this road of life together with you

—

再牢的谎言 却逃不过天眼

zai lao de huang yan que tao bu guo tian yan

No matter how firm your lies may be, they cannot escape the eyes of God

明日之前 心流离更远

ming ri zhi qian xin liu li geng yuan

Before dawn, your heart is being dragged further away

浮云霎那间 障眼 人心渐离间

fu yun sha na jian zhang yan ren xin jian li jian

As the clouds are able to blind our eyes in an instant, so do human hearts change

集苦连连 不断的出现

ji ku lian lian bu duan de chu xian

Bitterness have been accumulated since long before, and is bound to keep coming

—

无量心 生福报 无极限

wu liang xin sheng fu bao wu ji xian

An unconditional heart brings great blessings with no boundary

无极限 生息息 爱相连

wu ji xian sheng xi xi ai xiang lian

Without boundaries, our fragile lives are all connected through love

凡人却视而不见 规矩定方圆

fan ren que shi er bu jian gui ju ding fang yuan

Yet human beings turn a blind eye and let themselves be restricted by the status quo

悟性 悟觉 悟空 心甘情愿

wu xing wu jue wu kong xin gan qing yuan

Willingly, I finally come to my senses to realize my character and my emptiness

简简单单 陪你走好每一天

jian jian dan dan pei ni zou hao mei yi tian

In pure simplicity, let me walk down this road of life together with you

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